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St. Ildefonso,
Archbishop of Toledo. He was born to a noble family of Toledo in 607
and
in an early age became a monk in Agli, near Toledo. He was a nephew of
Saint Eugene of Toledo ans studied in Seville under Saint Isidore. He
founded
and endowed a monastery of nuns; about 630 he was ordained a deacon,
later
became Abbot of Agli, and in this capacity was one of the signatories,
in 653 and 655, at the Eighth and Ninth Councils of Toledo. In 657 he
became
Archbishop of Toledo and governed the Church of Toledo for nine years.
He was a noted religious writer., especially on Our Lady, and played
the
main role in the unification of the Spanish liturgy. He died January
23,
667 and was buried in the Basilica of Saint Leocadia.
See: El Greco St.
Ildefonso.
St. Ildelfonso.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Chasuble
of St. Ildefonso.
Diego Velázquez. St.
Idelfonso Receiving the Chasuble from the Virgin.
Recommended reading:
The
Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford Paperback Reference) by
David Hugh Farmer. Oxford University Press, 2003.